When I saw Expressive E's TOUCHE' earlier this year I thought it looked like an excellent way of extending expressivity, but at €400 it seemed a bit steep for the capability it provides. YouTuber gattobus is doing a pretty good job of convincing me otherwise in this demo jam! He's patched up an analog physical model of a Cello on his Eurorack modular synth, which sounds amazing when played with the TOUCHE'.

Video Description:

I took advantage of the amazing features of Expressive E TOUCHE' to play a physical model recreation of a classic cello built with my eurorack modular synthesizer. I used Karplus/strong technique: a noise source through an analog BBD delay used as a resonator.The sound may not be perfect but the sensitivity of this controller make it feel so real. :-)You can find the patch description at the end of the video.I hope you like it!

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What do you think of the Eigenharp expressiveness?https://youtu.be/1hKP94xSWuQ?t=28sOk, the physical model is digital but, honestly, it’s a lot of fun to play.(Mine is an Eigenharp Pico. Mostly using the clarinet model or MPE softsynths like ROLI Equator, Apple Mainstage (Alchemy, Sculpture…), or KV331 Synthmaster.)